Chris Choi

Chris Choi is a Lecturer in the Department of Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder and an Embedded Systems Engineer at FIRST RF. He brings current industry experience into courses addressing low-power design, connected devices, embedded firmware, and professional engineering practice.

Chris earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Science in Electrical & Computer Engineering with a subplan in Embedded Systems Engineering from CU Boulder. His involvement in the department began during graduate school, when he served several semesters as a Student Assistant for Randy Spalding in ECEN 5833: Low Power Embedded Design Techniques. He now teaches ECEN 5833, ECEN 5823: Internet of Things Embedded Firmware, and ECEN 5930: Industry Internship. His teaching emphasizes practical design decisions, system-level thinking, and the integration of hardware and software.

His industry experience spans power electronics, utility infrastructure, and radio-frequency systems. At Eaton Corporation, he contributed to the development of bidirectional electric-vehicle chargers and resilient microgrid systems. He later served as a Senior Embedded Engineer at Copper Labs, developing connected utility-metering products. At FIRST RF, he develops real-time embedded software and control systems for RF and phased-array platforms.

Outside of engineering and teaching, Chris enjoys indoor soccer, triathlon training, and automotive technology.